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Andy and Anthony talk about Star Magic, a unique multiplayer format that also happens to be a way to accommodate a draft with 5 players — a notoriously awkward number.
In a Star Magic game, 5 players engage in a free-for-all game with a specific win condition. The game ends when any one player eliminates the two others seated furthest from them. Players sitting next to each other are neutrally affiliated but are motivated to collaborate by their one shared enemy, or not to if another is about to defeat both of their enemies.
Our hosts talk about their recent exploration of the format and how they feel it’s a multiplayer experience that both applies to their own gameplay tastes, and to a typical cube not intentionally designed for multiplayer, than a full free-for-all game.
Discussed in this episode:
Star Magic Draft Format Explanation
Star Magic on the MTG Wiki
Sacred Geometry
Regular Cube
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You can find the hosts’ Cubes on Cube Cobra:
Andy’s “Bun Magic” Cube
Anthony’s “Regular” Cube
You can find both your hosts in the MTG Cube Talk Discord. Send in questions to the show at [email protected] or our p.o. box:
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Musical production by DJ James Nasty.
Timestamps
0:00 - Intro
1:32 - Star Magic
6:20 - Rules
17:14 - First Impressions
21:48 - Scaling from 1v1
25:46 - Politicking
33:22 - Choosing a Cube for Star Magic
41:22 - Munchkin
46:54 - Final Thoughts

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It’s been said that Cube Will Outlive Magic, but would it really? Andy and Anthony wildly speculate on the future in a thought experiment: what if Wizards of the Coast stopped existing tomorrow and no new cards were designed or printed. They theorize about how it would impact different elements of the player base and how it would impact their own relationship to the game, despite their relative independence from the flow of new cards.
Discussed in this episode:
King of Collectibles on Netflix
Netrunner
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You can find the hosts’ Cubes on Cube Cobra:
Andy’s “Bun Magic” Cube
Anthony’s “Regular” Cube
You can find both your hosts in the MTG Cube Talk Discord. Send in questions to the show at [email protected] or our p.o. box:
Lucky Paper
PO Box 4855
Baltimore, MD 21211
Musical production by DJ James Nasty.
Timestamps
0:00 - Intro
3:16 - The Death of Magic
10:39 - Optimism
12:49 - Pessimism
15:02 - Playgroup Decay
22:40 - Content Creators
26:16 - Kitchen Table Players
36:17 - Logistics
44:59 - Spending Money on Cards is Kind of Dumb
47:33 - A Called Shot
53:36 - Netrunner

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Andy and Anthony each draft the same seat in a virtual pod of Andy’s Sacred Geometry Cube. They talk through each of their picks and their overall draft strategy and the final decks they end up with.
If you want to draft this same seat as well, either before or after listening to the episode, follow these steps:
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If you enjoy this episode, check out our previous draft episodes.
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You can find the hosts’ Cubes on Cube Cobra:
Andy’s “Bun Magic” Cube
Anthony’s “Regular” Cube
You can find both your hosts in the MTG Cube Talk Discord. Send in questions to the show at [email protected] or our p.o. box:
Lucky Paper
PO Box 4855
Baltimore, MD 21211
Musical production by DJ James Nasty.
Timestamps
0:00 - Intro
7:28 - Pack 1
41:48 - Pack 2
53:03 - Pack 3
01:03:59 - Draft Results

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Andy and Anthony discuss feedback received by a fellow cube designer: that particular decks are sometimes too dominant when they go uncontested, or as they put it “The Open Lane Problem”. They talk about whether or not this is a real problem in different contexts and ways you might be able to mitigate it.
Discussed in this episode:
100 Ornithopters
Bun Magic Cube
Regular Cube
Neoclassical Cube
Turbo Cube
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If you’d like to show your support for the show, please consider backing Lucky Paper on Patreon or leaving us a review on iTunes or wherever you listen.
Check us out on Twitch and YouTube for paper Cube gameplay.
You can find the hosts’ Cubes on Cube Cobra:
Andy’s “Bun Magic” Cube
Anthony’s “Regular” Cube
You can find both your hosts in the MTG Cube Talk Discord. Send in questions to the show at [email protected] or our p.o. box:
Lucky Paper
PO Box 4855
Baltimore, MD 21211
Musical production by DJ James Nasty.
Timestamps
0:00 - Intro
2:43 - Mailbag!
7:35 - The Open Lane Problem
14:19 - The Effect of Narrow Cards
26:44 - Powering Up Archetypes
35:36 - Player Preferences
42:09 - Solving the Open Lane Problem
45:34 - Changing Cube Size

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By popular demand, Andy and Anthony rush back into their series exploring modal mechanics through Magic’s history. Continuing where they left off, they talk about mechanics from Return to Ravnica to Fate Reforged. They argue over some mechanics fit a useful definition of “modal” and what the mechanics, and individual modal cards, offer to Cube designers.
Discussed in this episode:
Song-Poem Documentary
Modal Mechanics 001 — Some Nonzero Number of Mechanics Are Kicker
Modal Mechanics 002 — Some Modal Mechanics Evoke a Strong Response
Reading Rainbow Cube
100 Ornithopters
The Design of Everyday Things
Lucky Paper Patreon
If you’d like to show your support for the show, please consider backing Lucky Paper on Patreon or leaving us a review on iTunes or wherever you listen.
Check us out on Twitch and YouTube for paper Cube gameplay.
You can find the hosts’ Cubes on Cube Cobra:
Andy’s “Bun Magic” Cube
Anthony’s “Regular” Cube
You can find both your hosts in the MTG Cube Talk Discord. Send in questions to the show at [email protected] or our p.o. box:
Lucky Paper
PO Box 4855
Baltimore, MD 21211
Musical production by DJ James Nasty.
Timestamps
0:00 - Intro
3:03 - Modal Mechanics: Part 003
4:44 - Scavenge
9:03 - Bloodrush
17:17 - Fuse
27:30 - Bestow
36:03 - Monstrosity
37:59 - Will of the Council
42:27 - Sieges
48:41 - Planeswalker Addendum